Ananda Sukarlan

Ananda Sukarlan (born June 10, 1968, Jakarta) is an Indonesian pianist.

Background

He is the son of Sukarlan and Poppy Kumudastuti. He started his music lessons at the age of 5 from his older sister, then he studied in The Jakarta Music School. After graduating from Canisius High School in 1986, he continued to study in Walter Hautzig Conservatory in Harford, Connecticut under a scholarship from Petrof Piano. Unfortunately, before he graduated, Piano terminated the scholarship for him, and hence he had to return to Indonesia. [ [http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Sukarlan_stursula_indonesia_06_ul Musician Hero: Ananda Sukarlan] ] .

Back home, he managed to secure a scholarship from the Dutch government to study in The Hague Conservatory. However, in 1993, the cultural cooperation between Indonesia and the Dutch Government stopped, hence his scholarship was stopped as well. He began to join international competitions in order to pay for his own studies in the conservatory, and he won many of the competitions. According to Sukarlan, the money he got from winning the competition is enough to cover his living expenses for eight months. In 1998, after graduating from the conservatory, he moved to Cantabria, Spain, and married Raquel Gomez. They had one daughter, Alicia Pirena Sukarlan. He is a founding member of Musica Presente and of Jakarta Conservatory of Music. [ [http://www.pdat.co.id/hg/apasiapa/html/A/ads,20030701-49,A.html Ananda Sukarlan biography (In Indonesian)] ] .

Honours and Awards

*1988, Amsterdam, Eduard Elipse Award in Netherlands National Music Competition.
*1993 First Prize “Nadia Boulanger” — Concours International d’Orleans (Orleans, France, 1993).
*1993 First Prize “Xavier Montsalvatge” — Concurso de Musica del Siglo XX Xavier Montsalvatge, Ginora, Spain
*1994 First Prize “Blanquefort Piano Competition”, Bordeaux, France
*1995 First Prize and Special Prize for The Best Interpreter of Spanish Music “City of Ferrol Piano Competition”, Galicia, Spain
*1995 Second Prize “Sweelinck-Postbank”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*1995 Third Prize “Fundacion Guerrero Competition”, Madrid, Spain
*1996 Second Prize “Vienna Modern Master Performers Recording Award"
*2000 Outstanding Musicians on the 20th Century.
*2001 Nominee Unesco Prize
*2003 Mont Blanc Asia for his contribution for classical music industry in Indonesia
*The first Indonesian pianist who be written in The International Who's Who in Music book.

Compositions

*You had me at hello, for choreography by Chendra Panatan
*"Just A Minute !" for piano left hand alone, a collection of 12 short pieces
*About 20 Songs, for diverse voice(s) and piano, based on poems by Walt Whitman, William Blake, Ilham Malayu, Sapardi Djoko Damono etc
*The Sleepers , for violin & piano, to be performed with slides by photographer Dian Rosita on body movements of Chendra Panatan

Discography

* The Pentatonic Connection (Music influenced by Javanese & Balinese Gamelan)
* Complete Piano Works of Juan Jose Mier
* Trisutji Kamal : CD 1 from "Complete Piano Works series" : Elaborations of Indonesian Folkmelodies and Individual Works
* Trisutji Kamal (Complete Piano Works Series) : CD 2 Sunda Seascapes (7 pieces, 1990) & Music for Films (5 pieces).
* Jesus Rueda : Complete Works for Strings and piano (with Arditti Quartet)
* Jesus Rueda : Works for piano & ensemble (including 2 piano concerti)
* Santiago Lanchares: Complete Piano Works
* Music on and off the Keys (music by Theo Loevendie etc)
* Peter Sculthorpe : Spirits of Place (mostly piano music, and 2 Trios )
* David del Puerto : Symphony no. 2 "Nusantara" for piano & orchestra
* David del Puerto : Complete works for piano solo

References

External links

* [http://www.anandasukarlan.com Official website]